Chapter 119: The way forward

The rain was getting heavier and harder, Li Ming's vague shouting and cursing were endless. Pei Wenxuan withdrew his gaze from Su Rongqing. He turned his head to look at the who was guarding the door, and went forward and handed the zipper in his sleeve to the eunuch. , Asked him to transfer it to Li Ming, then turned around and said to Li Rong: "Your Highness, let's go."
Li Rong took a hesitant look at the Yushufang, and finally nodded, turned around and ordered the next to her, saying that she had to retire early, and then walked out with Pei Wenxuan.
The two walked in the wind and rain. After they left the palace, Pei Wenxuan raised his hand and put his hand on Li Rong's shoulder, using wide sleeves to cover her from the rain that came in.
"How did you come?"
Li Rong whispered: "I'm so careless to come into the palace to pick me up, and I'm not afraid of my father's doubts."
"I handed him the paperwork and asked to be the chief examiner of the imperial examination," Pei Wenxuan explained patiently, "I will confirm the transfer of various positions tomorrow. It is normal for me to come to show my loyalty tonight. Moreover," Pei Wenxuan looked back. A glance at the palace, "He is not in the mood to pay attention to us now."
"Su Ronghua has entered the palace." Li Rong reminded him, Pei Wenxuan's face was still, and only said, "I know."
"In the eyes of the father, all he can find is that someone sent Hongde into the palace. Hongde's child was taken away by the Su family. Now the confession is missing, the event hall is in the water, and Hongde is killed. The three incidents and the first two incidents are mutually confirmed. Although they are not ironclad, Su Rongqing’s guilt can be condemned in the heart of the father. Now Su Ronghua comes out to recognize the first two incidents, which contradicts the latter three. Things seem too abrupt..."
Li Rong frowned: "Father is afraid that we will deliberately frame him."
"How do you feel?" Pei Wenxuan said flatly, Li Rong thought carefully, "From the perspective of the father, these three things, you can say that Su Rongqing did to cover up what he did, but it may also be us. It was done to frame Su Rongqing. Why didn't the father think that we deliberately framed Su Rongqing?"
"First, we have no reason to frame Su Rongqing. If we want to frame it, we should frame Su Ronghua as Teacher Su Wang."
"Secondly, Su Ronghua came too cleverly and deliberately to be unbelievable."
"Third," Pei Wenxuan turned his head and said softly, "Su Ronghua has brought Hongde's child into the palace."
Hearing this, Li Rong was stunned.
Pei Wenxuan tilted the umbrella in Li Rong's direction, and said softly: "Their best plan is actually to kill the child. As long as the child does not come out of their Su Mansion and they kill him and refuse to admit it, Your Majesty has no iron evidence. Can handle them. But Su Ronghua not only did not kill, but also brought the child into the palace to return the hostages and admit his mistake."
"And Hongde committed suicide. Unless there is a threat, it is impossible to commit suicide. Now Su Ronghua takes the child into the palace, Hongde's death cannot be separated from their Su family. Therefore, Hongde's death is 80% sure of your majesty. We did not do it. And the remaining 20% ​​is just because of his always suspicious temperament."
Li Rong calmed down slowly in Pei Wenxuan's words. Pei Wenxuan put Li Rong on the carriage, and then closed the umbrella. He left the umbrella outside the carriage and stepped into the carriage.
Li Rong's coat was a little wet, so he helped Li Rong take off his coat, took out the spare coat from the carriage, and asked Li Rong to change it.
Sitting on the carriage, Li Rong looked at the busy man who was half kneeling in front of him, listening to Pei Wenxuan continue: "Now that Su Ronghua has convicted, Su Rongqing should be fine."
"What about Su Ronghua?"
Li Rong spoke softly. After Pei Wenxuan was silent for a while, he slowly said, "Leaving officialdom is not necessarily a good thing for him."
"Then you went around such a big circle," Li Rong smiled bitterly, "Isn't it a waste of effort?"
"Who said I was in vain?" Pei Wenxuan raised his head and smiled, "Do you think that I worked so hard just to make Su Rongqing liable?"
This was indeed beyond Li Rong's expectation.
Although he didn't say what Pei Wenxuan did, Li Rong guessed it in his heart. She thought that Pei Wenxuan intended to seize the position of Su Rongqing's Shangshu, but she didn't expect it was not?
"So your real purpose is..."
"His Royal Highness," Pei Wenxuan raised his hand and took the hairpin on Li Rong's head. The green silk was scattered down. He stared at the beautiful treasure in front of him, and said softly, "Su Rongqing troubled us, never for us. And I troubled Su Rongqing. It's not for Su Rongqing himself."
"His purpose," Li Rong smiled bitterly, "Is it Chuaner?"
Pei Wenxuan didn't speak, he was silent for a while, and finally said: "The prince was abolished, and the Su and Shangguan clan joined forces with a hundred families to send troops to regain the throne for the prince. But after the prince became the throne, he frequently suppressed the family... …Even if the Su clan is immortal, there is no one from the family who will let such a prince ascend the throne knowing that the prince intends to suppress the family."
Li Rong was speechless, and Pei Wenxuan seemed sad to see her, he couldn't help but feel a little tight in his chest.
He didn't want to talk for a while, so he dried Li Rong's hair, got up and sat aside, took out the folder, and looked down.
After a while, he listened to Li Rong's recovery, returned to the topic, and said softly: "So, your purpose is Roufei?"
"Yeah." Pei Wenxuan responded perfunctorily.
Li Rong continued to ponder and analyze: "The trickiest thing now is that Su Rongqing and Concubine Rou are teaming up. I set up the Supervisory Department, the purpose of which is to control the family with the father’s hand. According to our plan, you will I arranged the manpower layout in the court hall. After waiting for three years, if things like the abandonment of the prince occur again, there is no need for the family to take action. We directly support Chuan'er to succeed."
"Chuan'er is of a benevolent nature. We resolved the family conflicts in advance when the father was alive. Then he can directly implement his own decree. The situation in the previous life may not appear. But now that Su Rongqing is back, he and Concubine Rou Together, Concubine Rou is like a tiger with wings. Su Rongqing helps him take care of the strength in the court, and the trust of her father is higher than ours. Therefore, it is not the most important that Su Rongqing becomes a Shangshu. The combination of Concubine Roux is the most important thing."
"Concubine Rou has suffered a loss this time, and she will definitely doubt his abilities, and if Su Ronghua wants to confess his sins, she must sit down and confirm his relationship with Concubine Rou. Because Concubine Su has been implicated, with her temperament, I am afraid that we are suspicious of the follow-up cooperation. If we take the opportunity to take advantage of the gap, separate them, and then break them one by one, it will be much easier."
As Li Rong said, she became happy and turned her head to look at Pei Wenxuan: "Then do you think about how this loophole can be exploited?"
Pei Wenxuan did not speak, and looked down at the book. Li Rong's smile froze. After hesitating for a while, she hesitated and said: "You... why are you angry again?"
"Can you still see that I am angry?" Pei Wenxuan sneered, "Should I praise your long eyes?"
"It's not necessary," Li Rong smiled and waved, "I will give you a pair of embroidered shoes tomorrow, don't thank you."
"Why send me this?" Pei Wenxuan frowned.
"Miss Pei," Li Rong lifted Pei Wenxuan's chin with a fan, "How many inches of Jinlian?"
Pei Wenxuan sneered and raised his hand to hit her fan. Only when he raised his hand, Li Rong grabbed her hand, and then she slid onto him like a loach and sat straddling him with one hand clasping his fingers. One hand pressed his head and kissed him.
Pei Wenxuan wanted to struggle a bit to show his spine, but as soon as he moved, he heard Li Rong coquettishly yell "Brother Pei".
He suddenly felt that not only did he have no spine, he still had no bones.
After Li Rong finished kissing him, she hooked his neck and watched his face that was a bit bright in the light. He smiled and said, "Why were you angry just now?"
Pei Wenxuan did not speak.
Li Rong leaned against his chest and rubbed his face against him: "You said it, I'll change it."
Pei Wenxuan still didn't say anything, and Li Rong made a fuss on him again: "You say it, if you don't speak, are you still angry with me?"
"forget."
Pei Wenxuan spoke hoarsely, Li Rong raised his eyes and saw his red ears.
So she was sure that Pei Wenxuan really forgot.
Because of this kind of thing, I forgot how I was angry before. For Pei Wenxuan, it was indeed a bit embarrassing.
Too shameless.
When the two were fighting and going back to the princess mansion together, Su Ronghua was still kneeling on the ground, listening to Li Ming's questioning.
"Since it's you, why didn't you say it earlier?"
"Weichen is guilty."
"You speak now," Li Ming pointed at him, "You did it or Su Rongqing!"
"Weichen did it." Su Ronghua said decisively, "Weichen didn't dare to admit this, but he couldn't bear that his brother was wronged for this innocent, so he had to come to confess his sin. Please forgive your majesty."
"Since you did it, why did Hongde confess to your brother?"
"When I went to find Hongde, the Weichen did not show up," Su Ronghua lowered his head to repeat, "Maybe Hongde guessed that I was the Su family based on something. In Huajing, my younger brother is more famous than Weichen, Hongde may It’s the wrong person."
"Acknowledge the wrong person." Li Ming nodded, obviously not believing his rhetoric, "Since you are confessing the wrong person, then you set fire to the memorial hall and kill him again. What are you doing?"
"Weichen is not clear about the incident in the event hall. As for Hongde, it is really a misunderstanding. Weichen did say to Hongde that if something goes wrong, he needs to protect me, but Weichen doesn't understand why he did it. Committed suicide on the road."
This is half true and half false. Li Mingjing quietly distinguished the truth of what he said. He stared at Su Ronghua. Su Ronghua has been regretting it all the time: "Your Majesty, the minister is also confused for a while. Concubine. Her Royal Highness Pingle is the chief inspector and has a high authority. She and the prince are brothers and sisters. How can they be separated? Concubine Rou is worried about this, so Weichen thought of such a method..."
"You bastard!" When Li Ming heard this, he didn't get very angry. Even if he knew that Su Ronghua was for Concubine Rou and King Su, he couldn't help but scold him, "You and Concubine Rou are two idiots! I used peace and happiness. What is it? Without Pingle, the Shangguan family is such a behemoth, would you Su family be willing to fight! Shangguan family can use the power of the clan for the prince, can you!"
"Pingle is now fighting against the aristocratic family under Pei Wenxuan's instigation for power. Regardless of whether they are true or false, the Shangguan family has now vacated a position in the court, and the aristocratic family has vacated a position for our people to go up. This is the result! What is she anxious for? She is just anxious, what are you anxious for? This is how you help her?!"
"Weichen knows wrong, weichen is short-sighted and can't understand the deep meaning of his majesty. I hope that his majesty will forgive him.
Su Ronghua desperately buckled his head and looked extremely flustered.
Li Ming looked at Su Ronghua, a little tired for a while, he was silent for a while, and after a long time, he waved his hand and said, "Forget it, go down. You are not suitable to stay in the hall, let's go."
"Weichen thank Lord Longen."
Su Ronghua got Li Ming's words, stood up, turned and left.
After he went out, he saw Su Rongqing waiting outside the royal study room. The guards outside the Imperial Study Room were far away from him. He quietly looked at the rain curtain, as if waiting for him.
Su Ronghua walked to Su Rongqing, and the brothers watched the rain side by side. After a long time, Su Rongqing calmly said, "You shouldn't come today."
"I'm not coming," Su Ronghua laughed bitterly, "What do you do?"
"Rong Qing," Su Ronghua looked up at the sky, "Although I don't know what you are doing, don't forget, I am your brother, and you are not walking alone."
"But there are some ways," Su Rongqing looked calm, "destined to go alone. When I get to the end, if I die there, if my brother wants to, come and collect me a dead body."
"Rong Qing!" Su Ronghua gritted his voice and frowned, "What nonsense are you talking about!"
"Leave me alone in the future."
Su Rongqing turned her head and stared at him coldly: "What's going on today, there must be no two in the future. I will walk my own way, and I will bear my sins. If you want to be nice to me," Su Rongqing looked at the stunned young man in front of me. , His mind kept repeating the appearance of Su Ronghua cut his throat with a tile in his previous life. He couldn't help but tremble, "Just ask you, just be yourself."
"Go back." Su Rongqing turned her head and walked into the Imperial Study Room, hoarsely said, "Go to Shangguanya for a glass of wine, find a suitable time, and propose a marriage."
Su Ronghua stood there blankly, watching Su Rongqing walk into the Imperial Study Room, his back was drowned in darkness, Su Ronghua watched for a long time, and someone else gave him an umbrella to remind him that he realized that it was time to leave.
He stepped down the steps, stepped out of the palace in the rain, and when the palace door closed behind him, he couldn't help but look back.
The towering palace gate opened like a giant beast, and he stood in front of the gate blankly, a little at a loss.
He didn't know where to go, he didn't want to go back to Su Mansion, but he didn't know where to go.
He watched the power corrupt the people he loved the most, and the entire Huajing Town was like a pot of warm water on the flames, unknowingly, it cooked people beyond recognition.
Although he didn't understand Su Rongqing's words, he knew one thing vaguely.
His younger brother is walking on a road completely different from him, and they will never overlap in the life ahead.
Su Ronghua couldn't help but raised his head, trying to look at the dark sky. At this moment, he heard a pretty female voice: "Oh, didn't you touch the board?"
Su Ronghua turned around slowly when he heard this.
It was called the woman in a blue dress, with a blanket on her head, an extra paper umbrella in her hand, and a wine gourd hanging from her waist.
"What is your dress?"
Su Ronghua couldn't help laughing: "Most of the night, you are a pretty lady, are you going to travel around the rivers and lakes?"
"Let Master Su guess it."
Shangguanya raised her eyes to look at him and smiled and said, "I planned to spend the night on the mountain tonight and wait for the sunrise tomorrow, but when I heard that Lord Su had sacrificed his life to save his brother and entered the palace, I came by to have a look. I didn't expect Lord Su to be so interested. Are you afraid of wind and cold when it rains?"
"That's not thinking that Lord Shangguan would come to pick me up," Su Ronghua smiled and walked to Shangguanya, raised her hand to hold the umbrella she was holding, and looked down at her with a smile, "Do you want to make Lord Shangguan feel more distressed? "
"Then you are wrong, I'm not a person who will feel bad."
"It's okay," Su Ronghua tilted his head, "This is a good job."
"I brought wine, Master Su has time to wait for the sunrise together?"
Shangguanya raised her hand and patted the wine gourd, and Su Ronghua laughed out loud: "That's natural, Master Shangguan went up the mountain alone, without a flower protector, how can you rest assured?"
"Thank you Mr. Su, then." Shangguanya turned around, shook the jade pendant on her waist, waved her hand, and called her brother, "Go."
Su Ronghua raised a smile, holding an umbrella and following Shangguanya.
He suddenly felt that he seemed to have found a guide. He didn't need to think about anything, stepping on the girl's footsteps, step by step.
At this time, Su Rongqing knelt in front of Li Ming: "Weichen knows that no one believes your Majesty now, but if you don't believe it, why not give it a try?"
Li Ming stared at Su Rongqing: "What to try?"
Su Rongqing raised her head, her eyes full of determination: "Try all the doubts in your Majesty's heart."
Pei Wenxuan thought he won, but where is such an easy thing?
He crawled out of the purgatory burned by karma for twenty-five years, not to make everything repeat the same mistakes.
He wants to drag the people who destroyed all his faith and glory, family and hope in the previous life to hell.
At this moment, Li Rong and Pei Wenxuan also went to the princess mansion, and they entered shoulder to shoulder together. Pei Wenxuan felt better, and finally remembered the things that minded in the carriage before: "What do you think in the carriage? I see you Have you been in a trance for a long time?
"What does it hurt?"
Li Rong laughed. After speaking, she knew what Pei Wenxuan meant immediately. She sighed: "What makes me feel bad? I just thought, you explain that everyone is good now, how can you become a good person? What does it look like?"
"Su Ronghua is now willing to put herself in danger to save Hongde's children, but later was able to poison Qin Zhenzhen for Shangguanya."
"Aya now knows right from black and white, but later she also manipulated many things in the palace."
"Chuan'er was born with a benevolent nature, but in the end he also implicated the Su family for the death of Qin Zhenzhen alone."
"And Su Rongqing... the noble son with a clear breeze and full moon, finally turned into a Shura holding a sharp blade."
Li Rong smiled bitterly: "You said, who is wrong? Is it the father?"
"His Royal Highness," Pei Wenxuan's voice was gentle, "It's a saint who gets out of the silt and does not stain. Most people, like you and me, are ordinary people."
"And what we are doing now is digging away the silt." Pei Wenxuan said, raising his hand to hold Li Rong's hand, "The person in the previous life is the previous life. And this life has just begun. "
"how about you?"
Li Rong suddenly asked, Pei Wenxuan looked at her: "What?"
"You said silt but not stained, you are a saint. Have you ever done evil in your previous life?"
Li Rong turned to look at him, a little curious, Pei Wenxuan did not speak, and the two walked on the promenade. Li Rong was a little strange: "Pei Wenxuan?"
"I am an ordinary person."
Pei Wenxuan's voice was so weak that he couldn't hear the joys and sorrows: "It's just in my previous life. Every time I want to do evil, I think of you."
Li Rong was stunned, Pei Wenxuan smiled bitterly: "I don't know why, even when I hate you most, I don't want you to look down on me."